Painter&#39;s blowtorch



W. GRETSINGER.

-PA|NTER'S BLOWTORCH.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 26, I920.

1,380, 140 Patented May31, 1921.

Hhli'l'ii PATENT ()FFKQE.

WILLIAM GRETSINGER, F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

PAINTERS BLOVI TORCH.

Application filed October 26, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, WILLIAM GRnrsINGnR, a citizen of the United States residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Painters Blowtorches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in painters blow torch and has for its object 10 to provide a simple and eilieient means on the side of the torch for removing paint from the knife used in scraping same from the surface after it has been burned.

The invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of the parts hereinafter set forth in the following specification and pointed out in detail in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming part of this s} )eciiicati0n, and in which like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views thereof 1 designates the gasolene holder which is provided with a handle 2 on one side and a pipe 8 on the opposite side leading from Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, 1921.

Serial No. 419,717.

air into said holder, said pipe 6 is provided with a valve 8 to open or close communications between the bulb 7 and said pipe 6. Extending vertically along the side of the gas olene holder 1 on the outer surface thereof 1s a laterally projecting blade or scraper 9 against which the knife being being user to remove the burnt paint is scraped tor the purpose of removing the paint from the knife.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is,

l. A blow torch comprising a gasolene holder, a burner, a pipe leading from said gasolene holder to said burner and a blade projecting vertically along the outer surface of said gasolene holder.

2. A blow torch comprising a gasolene holder, having a handleon one side thereof, and a scraping-blade extending vertically along the outer surface or" said gasolene holder.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM G. tE SINGER 

